IF YOUR DENOMINATION TEACHES.......   BY STEVE FINNELL

1. If your denomination teaches that there is more than one God and you can some day be a God, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

2.If your denomination teaches that speaking in tongues is evidence of your salvation, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

3. If you denomination teaches that all baptism under the New Covenant is spiritual baptism, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

4. If you denomination teaches that remembering the Sabbath and keeping it holy are requirements under the New Covenant, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

5. If your denomination teaches that men have no responsibility in order to become saved, because men are saved by grace alone,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

6. If you denomination teaches that Jesus said he that believes and says the "Sinner's Prayer" shall be saved, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

7. If your denomination teaches that all Christians are little Gods,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

8. If your denomination teaches that your pastor or priest has the power or authority to forgive your sins, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

9. If your denomination teaches that once your are saved that you can never be lost, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

10. If your denomination teaches that the local church should under the authority of a single pastor, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

11. If your denomination teaches that women should be elders or in positions of authority over men, or teachers of men in the church, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

12. If you denomination teaches that water baptism in not essential for the forgiveness of sins, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

13. If you denomination teaches that the Virgin Mary has bodily ascended into heaven, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

14. If your denomination teaches that there are modern-day prophets giving God's prophecy to men, you may want to try prayer Bible study.

15. If your denomination teaches that God did not give His completed revelation in the sixty-six books of the Bible, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

16. If your denomination teaches that men are saved by faith only,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

17. If your denomination teaches that God did not create the universe in six twenty-four hour days,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

18. If you denomination teaches that Jesus is just one of many ways to the Father, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

19. If your denomination teaches that Christians can continue living a sinful lifestyle and still be saved, you may want to try  prayerful Bible study.

20. If your denomination teaches that it was God's plan to create many denomination all teaching different ways to be saved, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

21. If your denomination teaches that God is not smart enough to give mankind a translation of the Bible that is without error, trustworthy, and capable of being understood by all Christians,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

22. If you denomination teaches that men are speaking in unknown tongues today, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

23. It your denomination teaches that men today have the same miraculous powers of the apostles,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

24. If your denomination teaches that infants are guilty of sin and need to be baptized, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

25. If your denomination teaches that your denominations creed book has more authority than the Bible, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

26. If your denomination teaches that God preselected certain men for salvation and preselected all other to burn in hell, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

27. If your denomination teaches that Jesus selected one man to rule His church on earth, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

28. If  your denomination teaches that only they can interpret the Bible for your understanding,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

29. If your denomination teaches that Jesus is God the Father, you may to try prayerful Bible study.

30. If you denomination teaches that the New Covenant was in force while Jesus was still alive, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

31. If you denomination teaches that men will go to hell because they use musical instruments in worship, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

32. If your denomination teaches that pouring or sprinkling water on a person is Biblical baptism, you may want t0 try to prayerful Bible study.

33. If your denomination teaches that men today can be saved like the thief on the cross, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

34. If your denomination teaches that under the New Covenant that there is a  sanctuary in the church building, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

35. If your denomination teaches that you can belong to a pagan religion like the Freemasonry and still be a good Christian, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

  

THE ONLY PRAYERFUL BIBLE STUDY THAT WORKS, IS A STUDY WHERE THE PERSON IS SEARCHING FOR GOD'S TRUTH. STUDYING TO CONFIRM THE TEACHING OF YOUR DENOMINATION IS A WASTE OF TIME. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOUR DENOMINATION IS TEACHING. WHAT IS GOD SAYING?

      

Dear Brother
Faull,
I have a friend that is having a
great deal of difficulty giving
himself to the Lord because of the
following questions.
If God knew the outcome of the
future of Lucifer, why would He
create him, knowing that he would
be His archenemy and would tempt the world to sin and
be mostly successful?
Why are we still being punished or under the curse for
what Adam and Eve did?
Why does a Ioving God allow children to be born crippled
or with such things like blindness, or heart problems, etc.


MR. FAULL’s ANSWER:
Point One: Why would God create the devil knowing
that he would become the tempter?
This is very easy. If you give a spirit freewill, he can sin.
If he does sin, he can lead others into sin. One can
choose to be such a hater of God that he can seek to
destroy others. You cannot have an up without a down,
a valley without a mountain, or cold without hot. If one
can be holy, he can choose to be unholy.
God did know what Satan and man would do when
given freewill. He sets before us death and life, good
and evil, Heaven and hell. He planned before the
foundation of the world to send His Son into the world
because unlike your friend, He is smart enough to know
you cannot offer freewill without some choosing evil and
thus death.
I did the same thing when I fathered children. I knew on
one hand that they could become Hitlers, Stalins,
Dahmers, and King Sauls. But I fathered them. They
have choice. They could die of cancer, aids, fire, drown,
and thousands of other misfortunes such as starvation.
But I fathered them. They could be the tempted or the
tempter but I fathered them.
He did not make robots or puppets. He gave freewill
which means there would be pain, death, and sorrow on
this earth. If your friend fathered children he answers his
own question.
Point Two: Forgiveness removes guilt, it does not
remove consequence. I played with matches and burned
myself. That was the consequence. What my father
gave me was the punishment.
After the punishment came the forgiveness, but the
consequence remained after the discipline and the
forgiveness. The songwriter says it beautifully, “Be of sin
the double cure, save from wrath and make me pure”.
God does not just forgive us but empowers us to
become pure. But that takes time for us to perfect
holiness in the fear of God.
If all problems stopped immediately after baptism,
temptation and the consequences of our sin were
immediately removed, and we had no time to be
overcomers of our habits and temptations, we would not
be pure by choice and that would not be good.
Faith is the victory that overcomes the world and pure
religion helps the widows and orphans in their affliction,
and keeps itself unspotted from the world. When a drunk
is baptized he still has his red nose and problems with
his kidneys. The loose woman still has the bad
reputation. The smoker’s lungs are still darkened. The
thief is still suspected. The porno watcher still has those
images in his memory bank.
Salvation is from the guilt and power and
eternal consequences of sin, but the physical effects are
still there. David's sin was blotted out, but God
said the child would die. He had given cause for the
enemies of God to blaspheme and trouble would
haunt his family. His sons had to wrestle the same
sexual sins that he did. Ammom, Absalom, Solomon,
Adonijah, had his bad example and it showed up in each
of them.
Point Three: As I said above, sin leaves consequences.
The whoremonger and loose women get VD and
children are born to them that are blind, deformed, etc.
The sins of the fathers physically pass to their children
for several generations.
"From the cowardice that shrinks from
new truth, from the laziness that is content
with half truths, from the arrogance that
thinks it knows all truth, O, God of Truth,
deliver us."2 THE GOSPEL UNASHAMED April 2012
Number two answers this one too. Man dies because
Adam and Eve sinned. We die because they were driven
away from the Tree of Life, which is for the healing of the
nations. Curse, pain, sorrow, and death are the results of
sin and until we eat again of the Tree of Life, there will
be these curses upon all mankind.
If Christians never had problems such as kids gone bad,
cancer, heart trouble, disease, pain, starvation, then
men would become Christians but not over repentance
for sin, or love for God. They would become a Christian,
go to Church, and live decent, as they would see that is
the premium due on their insurance against those
calamities. They would be hypocrites for safety from
them. Impure motives would abound if all problems
ceased upon becoming a Christian.
I do not sin because it is against God’s Law. I do not sin
because it breaks God’s heart. I am not intentionally
sinning because God would hurt me, but because I
would hurt God. I have no idea if these will help, but
these things are clear as day to my thinking.

SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE?  by steve finnell

There are many who like to quote Ephesians 4:15 to admonish Christians to withhold or soft peddle the truth of God if some find God's truth offensive.

Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is head---Christ---(NKJV)

Ephesians 4:7-16 is addressing  Christians in order  that that they might edify the body of Christ in love.

Ephesians 4:14-15 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is head--Christ---(NKJV)

Exposing the trickery and cunning craftiness of those trying to deceive Christians and non Christians is not contrary to speaking the truth in love. 

Is remaining silent about those who pervert the gospel and teach false doctrine evidence of Christian love? I think not!

Was the apostle Paul being unloving when he said that those who pervert the gospel of Christ should be accursed? I think not! (Galatians 1:6-9)

Was Jesus being unloving when He said those who did not believe that He was the Son of God would die in their sins? (John 8:24) I think not!

Was Jesus being unloving by saying those who believe and are baptized will be saved? (Mark 16:16) Was that an unloving thing for Jesus to say, knowing that many do not believe and there are those who reject water baptism as being essential to salvation? I think not!

Speaking the truth in love does not mean ignoring, twisting, nor soft peddling the truth if it offends those who do not know or care about God's truth.

Gods loves everyone, but he expect men to believe and obey His gospel plan of salvation.  

      

     

THE PASTOR    BY STEVE FINNELL

Was there ever and office of, The Pastor, approved of or mentioned in New Testament Scripture? No, there was not. There was no single pastor appointed as the authority over any local church congregation.

The word pastor is mention one time. (Ephesians 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, (NKJV)
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, (ESV)

Pastors were shepherds. Bishops, elders, and overseers are one and the same; and they were the pastors or shepherds.

1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; (NKJV)
1 Timothy 3:2 So an elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. (New Living Bible)
1 Timothy 3:2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (New International Version)

Titus 1:5-7....appoint elders in every city....7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, (NKJV)
Titus 1:7 Since an overseer manages God's households, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(NIV)
Titus 1:7 An elder is a manager of God's household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money. (NLT)

Acts 20:17,28 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus  and called for the elders  of the church. 28 "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (NKJV)
Acts 20:28 Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God's church which he acquired with his own blood. (God's Word-Translation)

Notice that the apostle Paul called for the elders (plural), he did not call for The Pastor (singular).


Acts 14:23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

The apostle Paul and Barnabas appointed elders  (plural) in every church congregation. They did not appoint a pastor (singular) in every church congregation.

Elders, bishops, and overseers are the same office and their responsibilities were to pastor or shepherd the individual church congregations.

THERE WAS NO SINGLE PASTOR WHO HAD AUTHORITY OVER A INDIVIDUAL CHURCH CONGREGATION.

Men today like to be called Reverend Pastor.
Reverend means awesome. So they want you to refer to them as Awesome Pastor.

Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. (KJV)

The Lord has earned the right to be called reverend (awesome).
Is there any man that has earned the right to be called Reverend (awesome) Pastor?

THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES ONLY MENTION A PLURALITY OF ELDERS IN CHURCH CONGREGATIONS.

MEN HAVE INVENTED THE REVEREND PASTOR (SINGULAR) AND HAVE PLACE HIM IN AUTHORITY IN LOCAL CHURCH CONGREGATIONS.     

Dear
Brother
Faull,
I was wondering
what you would do
when you got to
the judgment and
you stood before the judgment seat of Christ and He told
you, "Depart from me, you worker of iniquity I NEVER
knew you," the way that many will be told in that day”

ANSWER:
Of course I do not know for sure. Right now my feelings
would be these:
Since I believe so strongly in the Holiness and justice of
God, I would hope that I would not accuse Him of
unfairness.
I would hope that I would say, "Let God be true and every
man a liar."
I would hope that I would remember He is all wise and
that since He can read my heart and knows more of me
than I know myself, that I could accept His verdict without
rebellion and complaint. I know full well that the heart of
man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.
I would hope I would not forget that He was not willing that
I perish. That He is just. That He came to die for me and
that perhaps my motives were not as pure as I thought,
my obedience was not as complete in some area that I
sinfully overlooked due to pride. Perhaps my doctrine
was false, and that my commitment was not thorough.
Of course I would try to understand how I failed Him. I
would be broken-hearted that I did not get to spend
eternity with Him.
I would know that anger would not be justified. I could not
accuse Him of prejudice or respect of persons. I would
have to think my doctrine of Him was either incorrect, or
that I had loved the things of this world too much, or that I
had somehow been sidetracked from eternal things and
did not seek first His Kingdom, or in fear had hid my
talents in the ground.
One thing I preach and am absolutely positive about.
Sincerity is not enough. Paul persecuted the Church and
thought that he ought. He said that he lived in all good
conscience. “There is a way that seemeth right unto a
man but the end thereof is the way of death.”
Do not let this article let you think that I do not believe that
you can know that you are saved because John wrote a
book in which he said, “I have written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God that ye may know
that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the
name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13.
It is just that some of us do not test ourselves by that book
or we lie to ourselves when we are taking the test. I have
no doubt of my salvation, but I have tried to answer your
question.
“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?.”
Numbers 23:19
I believe His promises but that is not to say that my own
lusts may throw me a curve down the road and I could
turn bitter, unforgiving, hateful, and lose faith in God.
Millions have, and it is absurd to talk about them never
being saved in the first place.
If, for example, hatred of a brother occurred in my life and
it is not repented of, I know if I hate my brother I am a
murderer and I know no murderer has eternal life abiding
in him.
A woman may know she is pregnant today, but she can
not know she will be pregnant tomorrow. Likewise, I do
not doubt that I am saved today.
I do not know if I will be saved ten years from now. That is
why I must give diligence to make my calling and election
sure.

THE PRIESTHOOD   BY STEVE FINNELL

Are all Christians priests? Is it possible for all believers in Christ to approach God the father with only Jesus Christ as a mediator? Yes. Jesus is our high priest. There is the priesthood of all believers. There is Jesus the high priest. There is no mention of the office of priest in the New Testament church, that is a man-made tradition. There is no office of "priest" that is the authority in the local church or the mediator between man and God.

PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS

1 Peter 2:5-9 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ..........9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

All Christians are part of the priesthood.

Revelation 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood---6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--- to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

All who have been washed by the blood of Jesus have been made  priests to God the Father by Jesus. THERE IS NOT AN OFFICE OF PRIEST; all Christians are priests.

THE HIGH PRIEST

Hebrews 4:14-15 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Jesus is our one and only high priest. He is the only priest we need.

JESUS IS OUR MEDIATOR

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator also between God and men, the man Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the only mediator between God and men. The Virgin Mary is not a mediator. There are not man-made priests that are mediators between God and men.

ALL CHRISTIANS ARE PRIESTS!  

THERE ARE NOT MODES OF BAPTISM  by steve finnell

A mode is a method of doing something. Baptism is a specific action and that action is immersion in water.

The word baptism is a transliteration from the Greek language. Baptism is not a translated word.

Ninety nine percent of all Bibles "transliterate" baptism from the the Greek language.

Examples of a Bible translation that actually translated from the Greek language.

 Romans 6:4 We were, therefore, buried with him by immersion into death; that as Christ was raised from the dead by God the Father, thus we also should walk in newness of life. (The Better Version of The New Testament by Chester Estes)

To say that sprinkling and pouring are modes of baptism not only defies logic, but rejects the honest study of the subject of baptism. There are no translations that translate immersion as pouring nor as sprinkling.

Mark 16:16 He who has believed, and has been immersed, will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (The Better Version of The New Testament by Chester Estes)

Where is the translation that says, has been sprinkled, will be saved or that says has been poured, will be saved?

Baptism is not divided into modes. Baptism is the action and the action is immersion.  

SEEKER FRIENDLY PREACHING   BY STEVE FINNELL

There are more than a few who believe more people would be converted to the truth about Jesus and His gospel plan of salvation if preachers were nicer and more understanding in preaching the truth.

Is seeker friendly preaching the answer to evangelism?

Is the gospel of the Bible too narrow and restrictive to win the world to Christ?

Should the gospel be expanded to include, all men, no matter what doctrinal position they embrace?

Is God's truth too offensive for that world to accept?

If Jesus and the apostles would have been more seeker friendly preachers would the world have already been converted to Christianity?

THE GOSPEL AS SEEKER FRIENDLY ADVOCATES SEE IT!

THE JESUS VERSION.

John 8:24 'Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that  I am He, you will die in your sins."(NASB)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

John 8:24 'Therefore I judge no man. It is optional to believe or not believe if I am the Son of God." (Seeker Friendly Handbook)

THE JESUS VERSION.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. (NASB)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am one of the ways, and I have partial truth, and there are many different roads that lead to the Father." (Seeker Friendly Handbook)

THE JESUS VERSION.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(NASB)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

John 8:44 I will not make any judgment concerning any ones genealogy. Who is truthful is strictly a matter of opinion. (Seeker Friendly Handbook)

THE APOSTLE PETER VERSION.

Acts 2:36-37 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--- this Jesus whom you crucified" 37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?"(NASB)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

Acts 2:36-37 Peter said, "Jesus loves you this I know." 37 Then they were pierced to the heart and all recited the "Sinner's Prayer."(Seeker Friendly Handbook)

THE APOSTLE PAUL'S VERSION.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived ; neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.(NASB)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 I just preach Jesus, I am not the judge of sin nor sinners. Only God will decide who will enter the kingdom of God. (Seeker Friendly Handbook)

THE APOSTLE PAUL'S VERSION.

Galatians 1:6-9 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;.......9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received he is to be accursed! (NASB)

Galatians 1:6-9......8 Let God's cures fall on anyone, including myself, who preaches any other way to be saved than the one we told you about......(The Living Bible---Paraphrased)

THE SEEKER FRIENDLY VERSION.

Galatians 1:6-9 Let every denomination decide in their heart how to become saved and write it in their creed book. God will not judge those in error. (Seeker Friendly Handbook).

IS SEEKER FRIENDLY EVANGELISM THE WAY TO CHURCH GROWTH?       

FAITH ALONE? by steve finnell

Does God teach that men are saved by faith alone? Does being saved by faith mean that men do not have to obey God's requirements for salvation? No, it does not. There is no Scripture that states that under the new covenant men will be saved by "faith alone". God requires obedience to His requirements for salvation.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SALVATION
1. Faith: John 3:16, Galatians 3:26-27, John 8:24, Mark 16:16
2. Repentance: Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Luke 24:47
3. Confession: Romans 10:9, Acts 8:35-38
4. Immersion in water: Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 Peter 3:21, Colossians 2:12-13, Galatians 3:26-27, Romans 3:3-7

Faith is in effect only after obedience.
1. Naaman's leprosy was cured only after obedience. (2 Kings 5:1-13). Naaman's leprosy was not cured by "faith only".

2. The passover happened only after obedience. (Exodus 12:1-13). The first born were not saved from death by "faith only".

3. The people of Israel were not saved from death by serpents by "faith only". They needed to obey God's command. (Numbers 21:6-9).

4. Noah and his family were not saved by "faith only". They were saved after Noah obeyed God and built the ark.(Genesis 6:7-22, 1 Peter 3:20)

There is not one verse of Scripture where God say believers in Jesus will be saved by "faith only". There is not one verse that says water baptism is not essential in order to be saved.

It takes a master of deceit to convince men that immersion in water [that being baptism] is not a requirement for salvation.

God requires obedience to His terms for pardon.           

IF YOU BELIEVE JUST HALF OF WHAT GOD SAYS?  by steve finnell

Is it possible to chose to believe half of what God says and still be saved?

Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.(NKJV)

Can you believe half of Mark 16:16 and still be saved?

First Half: He who believes will be saved.

Second Half: He who is baptized will be saved.

Can men deny the second half of what Jesus said and still be saved?

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Acts 16:31 So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."(NKJV)

1 Peter 3:20-21....were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us, namely baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(NKJV)

First Half: Believe and be saved.

Second Half: Baptism saves.

Is it possible to believe what Paul and Silas said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus and be saved" and reject what the apostle Peter said, "Which now saves us, namely baptism" and still be saved?

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Acts 2:38 And Peter replied, "Each one of you must turn from sin, return to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you also shall receive the gift, the Holy Spirit. (The Living Bible -Paraphrased)

First Half: Each one of you must turn from sin, return to God for the forgiveness of your sins; then you will receive the gift, the Holy Spirit.

Second Half: Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you will receive the gift, the Holy Spirit.

Can men believe the first have and deny the second half and still be saved?

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Can men believe only half of what God says about salvation and still be saved?